Parliamentary questions

Housing Schemes

Richard Bruton

535. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made to date in establishing the working arrangements with financial institutions to put the first home scheme into operation; and when he expects that it will be possible for buyers to apply to purchase under the scheme. [1633/22]

Property Registration

Thomas Pringle

536. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the fact that a distortion can occur in data conversion of two mapping projects in which each has a particular scale and format and, consequently, that non-conclusive mapping may remain containing negligent, inaccurate and inconsistent data; if he has full confidence that the Property Registration Authority digitisation protocol guarantees a reliable process that recognises and corrects all distortion between the two mapping projects; and if so, if he will explain the way in which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/22]

Property Registration

Thomas Pringle

537. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on information disclosed to a newspaper (details supplied) with respect to Land Registry mapping errors; and the amount of compensation that has been paid to date. [1643/22]

Housing Policy

Michael Ring

538. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason persons (details supplied) whose only source of income is social welfare have been deemed ineligible for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1665/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

539. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has had discussions with his Ministerial colleagues or if his officials have had discussions with other relevant officials in relation to the position of insurance companies either refusing to quote, including for existing customers or penalising homeowners whose homes have been shown to have either pyrite or MICA within their blocks through no fault of their own in the context of his review of the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1683/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Violet-Anne Wynne

540. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1688/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

541. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular form. [1703/22]

Departmental Contracts

Seán Sherlock

542. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1721/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Ged Nash

543. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide information on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will provide information on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1741/22]

Local Authorities

Mark Ward

544. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1779/22]

Wildlife Protection

Seán Canney

545. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; the reason for the long delay in the publication of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1780/22]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

546. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1803/22]

Waterways Issues

Duncan Smith

547. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kildare. [1818/22]

Wastewater Treatment

Cathal Crowe

548. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to launch the new pilot scheme for the provision of sewerage infrastructure in villages that are currently unsewered. [1864/22]

Housing Schemes

Denis Naughten

549. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the tenant incremental purchase scheme to allow those who were tenants of Part V houses prior to the introduction of the regulations to proceed with the purchase of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1865/22]

Rental Sector

Cian O'Callaghan

550. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has been spent on rent subsidies including rent supplement, the housing assistance payment, the rental accommodation scheme and long-term leasing each year over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1867/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

551. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Commission on Housing including the membership of same; the number of applicants; the names of the unsuccessful applicants; the terms of reference; the work programme; and the timeline for the modules being considered. [1875/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

552. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP, RAS and privately owned long-term leases at the end of 2021; and the cost to the Exchequer of each scheme in 2021, in tabular form. [1876/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

553. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing leases in place at the end of 2021, by lease type, that is, approved housing body lease to own, mortgage to rent, National Asset Residential Property Services, private sector lease and so on; and the cost to the Exchequer of each of these categories of leases; and the cost as of the end of 2021, in tabular form. [1878/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

554. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new Traveller specific units of accommodation provided in 2021, by local authority in tabular form. [1879/22]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

555. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the social housing targets for each local authority in each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [1880/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

556. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the regulations governing the affordable rental and purchase schemes will be published; and if he will provide a summary of such regulations published to date. [1920/22]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

557. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the State expenditure on housing assistance payment in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1938/22]

Vacant Properties

Cian O'Callaghan

558. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that was provided to each local authority in 2021 to support compulsory purchase orders of houses or buildings suitable for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1952/22]

Septic Tanks

Alan Dillon

559. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections carried out by a local authority (details supplied) on septic tanks over the past three years; the efforts that have taken place to ensure that Covid-19 has not resulted in a detrimental decrease in the number of inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1957/22]

Septic Tanks

Alan Dillon

560. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the types of grant aid available to households in cases in which a septic tank has failed an inspection by a local authority; if consideration is being given to extending potential grant aid for repairs in circumstances in which an immediate environmental risk is evident outside the inspection process by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1958/22]

Septic Tanks

Alan Dillon

561. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or the agencies within his aegis provide grant aid for the repair of septic tanks in cases in which an immediate environmental risk is evident; if a cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken in terms of environmental clean-up costs versus increasing the provision of grant aid to boost the number of repairs to septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1959/22]

Foreshore Issues

Brendan Griffin

562. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a foreshore licence will issue to club (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the licence will commence from date of issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1974/22]

Defective Building Materials

Marian Harkin

563. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the housing assistance payment limits in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1984/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

564. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review of income eligibility thresholds for social housing that according to Housing for All was to be completed in Q4 of 2021. [1987/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

565. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the National Homeless Action Committee; the membership of same; the terms of reference; the number of meetings to date; and if the invites of the group will be published on the website of his Department. [1988/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

566. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets and the delivery data of Housing First tenancies from 2018 to 2021 as per the first Housing First action plan in tabular form. [1989/22]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

567. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to enact the deposit retention scheme passed into law in 2015. [1990/22]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

568. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a progress report on the target for 25% of private rental tenancies to be inspected annually under the commitment outlined in Housing for All will be provided; the percentage of private rental properties that were inspected in 2021; and the expectation for 2022. [1992/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

569. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new social housing units, that is, new builds and acquisitions, delivered from 2016 to 2021 by housing size, that is, one bed, two bed, three bed and so on in tabular form. [1993/22]

Housing Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

570. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Housing for All commitment to develop a new youth homeless strategy. [1994/22]

Public Private Partnerships

Eoin Ó Broin

571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the increased use of public private partnerships in the period from 2022 to 2025. [1995/22]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

572. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of his proposed reforms of the mortgage to rent scheme. [1996/22]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

573. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total drawdown of Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund funding in 2021, by project and amount. [1997/22]

Local Authorities

Eoin Ó Broin

574. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests from local authorities to acquire new land in 2021, by local authority in tabular form; the location of the land; and the amount of funding requested. [1998/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

575. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work of the Dublin Housing Delivery Group; the membership of same; the terms of reference; the number of meetings to date; and if a commitment will be provided that its minutes will be published on the website of his Department. [1999/22]

Rental Sector

Eoin Ó Broin

576. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Housing for All commitment to introduce legislation for default conciliation at the Residential Tenancies Board; the nature and detail of such conciliation; and when the legislation will be introduced. [2000/22]

Departmental Schemes

Alan Kelly

577. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full details of the process of the way the Urban Regeneration Development Fund applications are assessed, scored and funding awarded. [2022/22]

Local Authorities

Thomas Gould

578. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the local authorities that have a disability or equality officer in tabular form. [2027/22]

Regeneration Projects

Chris Andrews

579. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the regeneration of a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2030/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

580. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the final social, affordable purchase and affordable cost rental output for 2021, in tabular form. [2032/22]

Housing Schemes

Seán Canney

581. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce a new tenant purchase scheme for tenants of social houses, including Part V houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/22]

Housing Schemes

Seán Canney

582. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the tenant purchase scheme to allow carers who have given up work to care for loved ones to avail of the amended scheme to ensure that carers are not discriminated against in terms of purchasing their own homes. [2039/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

583. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the payments made to Mayo County Council during 2021 under the defective concrete blocks scheme; the items for which these payments were claimed; if there are outstanding payment claims on 31 December 2021; and if so, the details of same in tabular form. [2061/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

584. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the payments made to Donegal County Council during 2021 under the defective concrete blocks scheme; the details of the items for which these payments were claimed; if there are outstanding payment claims on 31 December 2021; and if so, the details of same in tabular form. [2062/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

585. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if applications for the defective concrete blocks scheme can still be accepted and processed by the relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2063/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Francis Noel Duffy

586. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will publish the report of the independent review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [2089/22]

Coastal Erosion

David Stanton

587. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 19 October 2021, if the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group has met to finalise a group strategy; if not, when he expects such a meeting to take place and a strategy to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2102/22]

Local Authorities

David Stanton

588. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 11 November 2021, if he will report on his Department’s progress in appointing a full-time vacant homes officer position in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2104/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Ruairí Ó Murchú

589. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expected timeframe for the review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes; the expected timeframe for the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2156/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Ruairí Ó Murchú

590. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to the Departmental review of the solar panel exemptions for information on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2157/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Ruairí Ó Murchú

591. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to the Departmental review of the solar panel exemptions; the expected timeframe in which the interim planning regulations will be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2158/22]

Child Safety

Ivana Bacik

592. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to ensure that children in emergency accommodation have timely access to a child support worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2161/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

593. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a dedicated task force to review the effect of housing insecurity on one-parent families and to develop appropriate solutions. [2163/22]

Fire Stations

John Lahart

594. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a request by Tallaght Fire Station for the provision of an aerial platform at the station; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of having a permanent aerial platform in place at Tallaght Fire Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2168/22]

Rental Sector

Alan Dillon

595. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the economic analysis that takes place in determining rent pressure zones; if his Department is monitoring the number of private landlords selling their properties in rent pressure zones; if so, the number in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2180/22]

National Monuments

Éamon Ó Cuív

596. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made to date with implementing the reports of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Moore Street recommendations as far as they pertain to matters under his control and of other Departments, with particular reference to the national monument on Moore Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2244/22]

Housing Schemes

Sorca Clarke

597. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income limits for social housing will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2247/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

598. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options available in the immediate term for persons living in homeless accommodation whose income goes slightly above the income limit for social housing; which is currently resulting in these homeless persons being asked to leave their homeless accommodation but they have no capability on their low incomes to provide a home for themselves and their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

599. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of strategic housing development applications awaiting a decision by An Bord Pleanála by local authority; the number of strategic housing development applications that have already received a pre-planning opinion from An Bord Pleanála by the deadline of 17 December 2021, by local authority; the number that had applied to An Bord Pleanála by the deadline of 17 December 2021 for a pre-planning meeting by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of strategic housing development applications in the lifetime of the legislation by local authority; the number of these applications that were refused, granted permission and withdrawn, respectively by local authority; the number that were the subject of a judicial review by local authority; the number of these reviews that were successful by local authority; the number of the applications that were granted that have been completed by local authority; the number of the developments that are being actively built by local authority; the number that have one or more commencement notices on the site by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2260/22]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

601. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for the introduction of the amendment to the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 in order to alter the tenant purchase scheme to allow pensioners purchase their local authority home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2309/22]

Offshore Exploration

Darren O'Rourke

602. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of engineers employed in the offshore licensing unit in his Department; if he is satisfied that this is an appropriate amount given the demand on the unit from renewable energy companies; if he will commit to hiring additional personnel to expediate applications given the urgency of the climate crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2322/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he or his Department has taken to ensure that the 34 units of social housing and eight units of co-operative housing planned for Loughlinstown Drive, Dublin can proceed; if he has engaged with organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2329/22]

Public Sector Staff

Cathal Crowe

604. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2351/22]

Public Sector Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

605. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2371/22]

Public Sector Staff

Michael McNamara

606. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2389/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Jennifer Whitmore

607. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the publication of the report of the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/22]

Fire Service

Neasa Hourigan

608. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to recent reports in relation to Dublin Fire Brigade (details supplied); the engagements his Department has had with Dublin Fire Brigade and Dublin City Council in relation to ongoing staffing and funding issues; his plans to ensure all necessary resources are provided to Dublin Fire Brigade and to Dublin City Council to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2408/22]

Departmental Schemes

Noel Grealish

609. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the marks awarded under the urban regeneration and development fund assessment process to an organisation (details supplied) in its application in 2020-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2427/22]

Housing Schemes

Noel Grealish

610. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 19 October 2021, when reform measures under the social housing reform agenda are likely to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2430/22]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

611. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on developing a publicly financed student accommodation building strategy and charter for student tenant rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2611/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Holly Cairns

612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the establishment of a wildlife crime unit in the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2612/22]

Heritage Sites

Holly Cairns

613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/22]

Heritage Sites

Holly Cairns

614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that Garrylucas bog, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2614/22]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

615. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking in response to the high rates of private rental properties that failed to meet minimum standards when assessed by Cork City Council's private rental inspection unit in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2615/22]

Údaráis Áitiúla

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

616. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén freagra atá aige ar an éileamh a rinne príomhfheidhmeannaigh Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí, Chomhairle Contae Chiarraí, Chomhairle Contae na Mí agus Chomhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge ag cruinniú de chuid Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge i mí na Samhna 2021 inar lorgaíodh soiléiriú maidir leis na coinníollacha a bhaineann le pleanáil forbartha tithíochta i gceantair Ghaeltachta. [2666/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

302. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering applications from other private providers interested in providing the mortgage-to-rent scheme. [62514/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Holly Cairns

303. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of requests from Irish Water for additional public funding to address the need for capital investment in wastewater treatment plants; and his response to such requests between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form. [62813/21]

Defective Building Materials

Emer Higgins

304. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the locations of defective apartments, by county and local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62445/21]

Defective Building Materials

Joe McHugh

305. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the new mica redress proposals; if there will be assurances regarding the integrity of independence in relation to the SCSI figures in February 2022; if he will affirm his commitment to review the current sliding scale which is presently unacceptable to the homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62446/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

306. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way he has arrived at a mooted figure of €400 million for County Clare given there is no quantification of the scale of the defective concrete block issue as of yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62478/21]

Regeneration Projects

Alan Dillon

307. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the progress since being announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62485/21]

Water Supply

Alan Dillon

308. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a programme (details supplied), in tabular form; the project spend to date; the estimated timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62487/21]

Water Supply

Alan Dillon

309. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if applications have been received regarding new connections under the rural water programme for townlands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62488/21]

Rental Sector

Thomas Gould

310. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HAP inspections are being outsourced to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62502/21]

Vacant Properties

Thomas Gould

311. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding his Department will deliver to local authorities to ensure that they can employ a full-time vacant homes officer from January 2021. [62503/21]

Urban Development

Thomas Gould

312. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a funding application was received under the Urban Regeneration Development Fund for Blackpool from Cork City Council in 2020; and if so, the reason this was rejected. [62504/21]

Derelict Sites

Thomas Gould

313. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is an obligation on a property owner to pay outstanding derelict site levies upon the sale of a property. [62505/21]

Derelict Sites

Thomas Gould

314. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the derelict sites legislation grants a provision for delay of placement on the register in a situation whereby a person intends to dispose of dereliction; and if there is a time limit on this delay. [62506/21]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

315. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies enacted to date in 2021, by local authority; and the cost of HAP, by local authority, in tabular form. [62507/21]

Rental Sector

Thomas Gould

316. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to strengthen regulations on short-term letting. [62508/21]

Land Issues

Thomas Gould

317. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the zoned land levy. [62509/21]

Vacant Sites

Thomas Gould

318. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the vacant sites levy. [62510/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

319. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates on which he and or officials from his Department held consultations with an organisation (details supplied) related to developing the grant calculation methodology for his Department’s recently announced enhancements to the defective concrete block scheme disaggregated by type of consultation held, that is, email, phone, face-to-face and video conference and the topics discussed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62511/21]